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To: NickSE who wrote (78930)	12/9/1999 8:05:00 PM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 86076

Big Blue frowns at outlook cnnfn.com "Since late October, (IBM has done) a lot of work face-to-face with our customers and what I can tell you is this: The Year 2K lockdown is real, especially for many of our large accounts," Joyce said.

To: NickSE who wrote (78930)	12/9/1999 8:10:00 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Ben. Graham must be spinnin' in his grave right now... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOCUS-VA Linux hits new IPO record amid Linux euphoria biz.yahoo.com ...After setting an initial offering price of $30, VA Linux surged tenfold after a delayed opening to 300. Its shares closed at 239-1/4, up 209-1/4, Nasdaq said, for a gain of 698 percent that gave VA Linux a staggering market capitalization of over $9 BILLION... ...A FREE (note word FREE!!!) variation of the Unix operating system, Linux has taken the computing world by storm as an alternative to Windows NT operating system for some tasks.... ..."Linux is very exciting and it is transforming the software industry -- but there is NOT a lot of money in it," said Dan Kusnetzky, an analyst with International Data Corp. "That's why it's sort of fascinating to watch the stock market run-up."...